I really stressed the importance of family and friends this year and not gifts, but it was like by doing that, I got even better gifts. I didnt intend for that to happen at all. I just was thankful to be able to make it home to spend the time with my family. The week before Christmas we had about 40 inches of snow and the night before we left, we were thrown an ice storm so it was very hard to get home. Thankfully, we went that day, cause the next day about 10 more inches came.

All in all I had a great Christmas. I would say my best gift was seeing my family.

Id also say my new vehicle. My parents totally spoil me and even though I have a car thats only like 4 years old, they knew how much Ive been complaining about this snow and weather here and how much I hate it. I had to wait in traffic one night to get home for 3 hours and it nornally takes 10-15mins. So they went out and got me a SUV. Its 4 wheel drive and has a moonroof and all the nice stuff in it. I love it best of all cause its 3 row seating and I feel like lately my car is too small to haul all the junk around we have, plus I want kids in the next few years so this is totally perfect...

I got a new Coach purse from my ex boyfriend, well we were togther up until New Year's Eve. I also got some new Nine West boots from my parents, and some Chanel Chance perfume. Those are my faves.

http://www.coach.com/assets/product_...6362_KHA_t.jpg (mine is black)

My favorite gift was probably the tractor crossing sign I got from my friend Melissa. It is a very long story and goes back to all of the boring nights up in Flagstaff and our drives from Phoenix to Coolidge.

I also like the atomic wall clock I got from my uncle because I can tell my dad how freezing it is in our house. My room is 65 degrees so I am now thinking I should have borrowed my roomate's down comforter since she didn't need it in Hawaii.

My other christmas presents all had to do with my NASCAR driver Tony Stewart so all I have to do is make sure my friend Darin never comes to visit me so I don't have to worry about stuff going missing. Darin likes Tony Stewart and steals all of the stuff I don't have. I got my birthday present and had to run and lock it in my truck so he wouldn't steal it.

I wish it would have snowed here. I am glad I am not in Flagstaff right now because yesterday they got a record of 14 inches and here in Tucson I got flooding. It is too bad my 4 wheeled drive is broken cuz I think my pretty white Explorer wants to turn brown. I love being a country girl.

more Tony stuff. lol. Awesome. I got some Jamie McMurray sweats and a sweatshirt and my mom gave me our tickets for the races she has already. We get big discounts cause of having family. So Daytona 500 here I come. I am counting it down. I miss Nascar every weekend.

LOL - my very first ambition in life was to be the first woman to win the Daytona 500!! It was always a "Daddy & me" day, when we watched it together.

Yay for more NASCAR fans!!! Even though I'm from Long Island I was raised a HUGE racing fan. Our Daytona 500 party is bigger than our Christmas party. It's funny cause everyone in my fam has a different driver and things sometimes get pretty ugly (Dad's a Jeff Gordon fan, Mom's - Bobbly Labonte, my brother's Jimmy Johnson, and I like Tony Stewart). Can't wait to go to another race.... it's been a while.

LOL for NASCAR!!

When my elder brother was just a teenager, he started training, and ended up winning a LOT of races! His car was also "Petty Blue", so we're a Petty family. My mother was a fan of the Intimidator, my Dad & I stuck it out with the Pettys, and lately, my brother's been a Dale Jr fan. I guess my mother & I will have to find new "heroes" next month!

My family is from Nascar country so we have been fans and friends of many drivers since I was a baby. Esp my grandpa. He worked for several race teams as a mechanic ever since I was a baby, now hes retired, but I have 2 uncles and 4 cousins who all work for Nascar teams so it always been something Ive loved. When we lived in NC I always wanted to be a driver. I used to dream of it all the time. I often wonder what would have happened if we hadnt moved when I was 9. I know Id probably grow up with some of those drivers. I know I used to race go carts when I was a kid. I miss those days. Its fun now to see the races and root for diff teams and know my family helped their car run so it makes me very proud. Not to mention how adorable so many of the drivers are. I know when we go back to the pits I always stare and the hubbys like put your tongue back in your mouth ha ha ha....

I am a Jamie McMurray fan since before he was a rookie.
I also love Jr cause my cousin works for his team.
My hubby likes Robby Gordon
We have other fmaily scattered around for other teams but those 2 ar emy faves.

I'm excited I am not the only NASCAR nut. My chapter makes fun of me but they know every Sunday to only bother me if Tony is doing well. One of my other sisters is a Waltrip fan so it gets interesting at times. My best friend Melissa never understood why I loved this NASCAR stuff so much. After we watched Shrek 2 I turned on the Phoenix race and there was only 30 laps left so she allowed me to watch it. Well she got into it after I answered a few questions for her and Dale Jr. opened his mouth. She likes Dale Jr. because he sounds like Boomhower from King of the Hill.

My dad likes the Viagra car Mark Martin and my mom can't make up her mind who she likes but leans toward Jimmy Johnson.

My brother's boss is the biggest Earnhardt fan so during the summer I get calls from her asking what the heck was Tony thinking.

My friend Steve is reigning supreme over Darin and I because his driver Kurt Busch won the cup.

I can't wait for Vegas March 10-14. Someday I will make it to Daytona but Phoenix and Vegas will have to do.

Okay, true confessions time...

I was on the "Pitt Crew" when I was in college - for PR, of course. I got to drive the car a couple times, and the first time I got it over 130 mph, I freaked and knew that I'd never make it as a driver!

But it was FUN!!!!! :D

I had an AMAZING Christmas, probably the best EVER! My parents got me 2 wonderful long coats, my favorite is a long pink tweed coat and some fabulous nine west boots (all on sale, I helped my mom ;))

My boyfriend did wonderful too--fabulous diamond earrings. I haven't taken them out since I got them! (I'm afraid I'll lose 'em) They were perfect because we've had a rough year and there's been a lot of talk about engagement rings--we've been together just over 2 years and we were so on the track to engagement til we started having problems a few months ago....things are so much better now, but I'm still not ready for a ring--I don't wanna be engaged til I know for sure all the bad stuff is behind us, so the earrings were PERFECT and a hint of what could be yet to come.